Laura Nixon, Physician Assistant, Joins Surgical Services

Friday, September 7, 2018

Laura Nixon has joined Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital as a Physician Assistant in Surgical Services. Prior to joining NVRH, Laura, who grew up in Kirby, completed two rotations at NVRH while studying for her Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies at Clarkson University.

“I was given a unique opportunity before PA school to shadow Mark Regis, PA at NVRH, gain clinical hours and come back to the community,” said Laura Nixon, PA. “During that time Mark and others became such valuable mentors and everyone at NVRH was so welcoming, it felt like the perfect place to begin my career and come back to the home I love.”

Laura spends time in the Four Seasons Orthopedics Clinics and in the Operating Room where she assists in multiple surgical disciplines. Laura is also responsible for completing patient’s medical/surgical histories prior to surgery and informs and educates patients regarding their procedures and post-operative recovery and mobility.

“We all loved Laura while she was at NVRH as a student,” said Julie Schneckenburger, NVRH Director Perioperative Services. “We are thrilled that she chose to work as a PA at NVRH, she is doing an amazing job.”

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital is located in St. Johnsbury in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. We are a community, not-for-profit, acute care, critical access hospital. We are one of two Vermont hospitals designated as a Baby FriendlyTM hospital by the United Nations. We provide primary and preventive care, surgical and specialty services, inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour, physician staffed emergency services. We serve just over 30,000 people in the Caledonia and Southern Essex Counties in Vermont and employee 600.